Part 1 - Building an £850 hatchback into a competitive race car.

The global pandemic scuppered our carefully laid plans for the spring and summer of 2020 so we needed something else to pass the time and to look forward to. Enter the City Car Cup...
Launched in June 2020, the new series from the BRSCC is open to the Citroen C1, Toyota Aygo and Peugeot 107 and captured our imagination instantly so we leapt upon the chance to whip out the grinder and set about finding a car to cut up.
This new series will detail the build, preparation, testing, racing and development of the car. In a frankly unbelievable twist, the car is already finished and has been raced, so we're back on the other projects while this series airs.

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[BadObsessionMotorsport]

2020 has been full of the strangest happenings, not least among them is that we've actually finished a project. This one is done and dusted for the most part and we're already back on the other two after an enforced hiatus. Apologies for the delay in bringing you our normal shows, but it was out of our control. Hope you enjoy this in the meantime and don't worry, more Binky and Escargot is coming your way soon.

[tavarish]

Absolutely best build channel on YouTube, by far!

[locohombre]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact this is produced by a couple of blokes in their shed! Big budget tv stuff doesn’t come close.

[RonaldFinger]

Another fantastic production. Looking forward to the rest of the build!

[stephenswift]

“It’s time for Nick to fit the Cage”. Ah, I see what you done there.

[bragr_]

It's not Binky but I'll take anything to get my Bad Obsession fix at this point 😃

[ninjarobotmonky]

oh, putting the nut a couple of turns back on before yanking at thee steering wheel...
That's the exact useful piece of advice that would have stopped me from punching myself in the face with my own steering wheel!

[WiljanVeening]

I really hope you guys find all the badges to put "Toyota C107" on the back to confuse people trying to figure out which of the three it is.

[deanoscott]

I mean its literally bolting things on and off yet these chaps make it impossible not to watch. Greatest channel on YT by far. Big fan.

[jameshalton]

A C1 was my first car! I've never clicked on anything more quickly. I unfortunately blew the engine in mine accidentally shifting from second to first somewhere around 40-50 mph... I replaced the engine, and that's how I got into fixing cars. C1s will always have a special place in my heart.

[sewob]

A dangerous precedent could be in the offing here as you establish a reputation as completers. I have some concerns as to how you will transport this vehicle to competition days so I hope you'll accept my advice as I recommend a 1980s Ford Cargo as a potential option. Some chaps on here started to convert an old library one and had some innovative ideas with DAF mechanicals, I don't know what became of them though, last seen in a shed.

[chrisrolves]

I will accept this as a substitute for more Binky episodes, just glad to hear your usual banter and commentary which is one of the things I love about this channel.

[JamesMossR]

Production quality right up there with your other series', and I'm reassured that once Binky is finished, should I still be alive, that we'll continue to get top quality videos from the best build channel on YT. Thank you legends.

[mediasteamer]

Ultimately watchable! When people ask me what I watch on TV and if I like things like Top Gear (in the recent crap years) I tell them that I no longer watch TV for this kind of content, instead I find channels like this that give really high quality content with all the details that real car fans want to see.

[Farlig]

doesn´t matter that there´s no mini content - just any content from BOM is top notch!!!

[TheLaXandro]

Man, this car is an engineering masterpiece. Everything is exactly as cheap as it can be made. That one piece map pocket with compliant plastic hinge is genius in its simplicity.

[mackenziepm]

Amazing, a new series! I had wondered what I was going to watch through my 50's!

[keithwilliams]

If you listen carefully you can hear "Binky" weeping in the corner.
Great to have you back guys, ,

[silys]

Others channels talk about what they are going to do... then demonstrate how they are not capable of doing anything right. BOM fabricates and engineers. Everything you guys do is wellt thought out, well planned, executed well. Best show on the planet!

[Levibetz]

BOM: Takes years to build a mini. Builds a race car in a few weeks. Just goes to show how much more goes into a street car!